| Study Sample (N = 203) | ||
Affective Empathy | Sympathy | Cognitive Empathy | |
Factor 1: Affective Empathy | |||
When a patient or his/her relative is anxious, I become anxious too | 0.880 |
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When a patient or his/her relative is angry, I feel angry too | 0.862 |
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When a patient or his/her relative is scared, I feel afraid | 0.842 |
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When a patient or his/her relative is sad, I become sad too | 0.758 |
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Factor 2: Sympathy | |||
I am concerned for relatives of patients with terminal illness |
| 0.860 |
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I feel concerned for patients who have a terminal illness |
| 0.811 |
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I am sorry for a patient or his/her relative who feels sad |
| 0.775 |
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I feel sorry for a patient who has just been informed that he/she has a terminal illness |
| 0.660 |
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Factor 3: Cognitive Empathy | |||
I can often understand how a patient or his/her relative is feeling even before he/she tells me |
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| 0.753 |
I can tell when a patient or his/her relative acts happy when he/she actually is not |
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| 0.745 |
I can easily tell how a patient or his/her relative is feeling |
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| 0.720 |
I can tell when a patient or his/her relative is angry even if he/she tries to hide it |
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| 0.698 |
Eigenvalues | 4.154 | 1.975 | 1.739 |
% of variance | 34.619 | 16.456 | 14.494 |
Cronbach α | 0.881 | 0.804 | 0.728 |